Lessons Learned in Impact: 2022 Summer Internship Fund Recipients

Summer internships are a valuable time for MBAs to explore and validate their interests. The Fuqua Summer Internship Fund (SIF) enables students to learn about the rewards and challenges of social impact management without making a significant financial sacrifice – and enables organizations who otherwise could not afford MBA interns to benefit from their experience. We asked […]

2021 Summer Internship Fund Recipients

September 2021 MBA summer internships are a time of great discovery, validation, and inspiration – and the Fuqua Summer Internship Fund (SIF) enables students to learn about the rewards and challenges of social sector management without making a significant financial sacrifice.  (Related, SIF also enables organizations who otherwise could not afford MBA interns to benefit […]

Advice from MBA Summer Interns Working in Impact

September 2020 CASE supports the Fuqua Summer Internship Fund (SIF), which enables students to learn about the rewards and challenges of social sector management without making a significant financial sacrifice, while simultaneously enabling organizations who otherwise could not afford MBA interns to benefit from their experience. This year, we asked some of the SIF interns […]

Everything Impact Enterprises Need to Know About Hiring an MBA Intern

February 2020 McKinsey, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs – these are just a few of the companies that come to mind as those that typically look for MBA interns each summer. However, here at the CASE at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, we believe that MBA candidates should also consider, and be considered for, internships in […]

2019 Summer Internship Fund Recipients Feel Lasting Impact of Their Work

December 2019 For Fuqua School of Business Daytime MBA student and CASE Fellow Sarah Burns, 20 short minutes spent in a gym on a Friday night proved to be one of the most deeply impactful parts her summer. That evening, she got the chance to attend a ceremony for six young men celebrating their graduation […]

Seeing Just How Far an MBA Education Can Take You: My Summer Internship in Social Impact

This post is written by Jehan El-Gabri, a second-year Duke Fuqua, in October 2017 During my first year at Fuqua, I fully embraced the opportunity to be a student again. Having worked in education and policy, my transition to business school meant embracing the feeling like I was drinking from a firehose and learning as […]

My summer internship working on healthcare in Rwanda

This post was written by Emily Mason, a second-year Fuqua MBA student, in September 2017. Here is a scenario of two girls. The first girl has access—to a smartphone, strong education systems, and routine health exams— and thus, access to the potential of a healthy life. The second girl lives in a slum and is […]

3 Lessons From My Internship With The Hill Center

The Hill Center Durham NC

This post was written by Nicole Page, a second-year Fuqua MBA in January 2017. She has a background in consulting but is excited and passionate about growing her career in the education space. Nicole sits on the cabinet of the Association of Women in Business on the Leadership team, on the cabinet of the Net […]

What My Internship with National Park Service Taught Me About Leadership

Cooks Lake Paddling Trail

This post was written by Libby Rybacki, Fuqua MBA student, in December 2016. Libby arrived at the Fuqua School of Business after spending nine years serving in the United States Army where she led an airborne engineer platoon and supported numerous contingency operations across the Middle East and North Africa.  Her experiences have fostered a passion for […]

Using Social Impact Skills in My Internship With Reinvestment Fund

This post was written by Seth Brown, a third year dual Masters of Public Policy and Masters of Business Administration (MPP/MBA) candidate at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy and the Fuqua School of Business, in November 2016. Prior to graduate school, Seth served 5 years as an Army officer. At Duke he has led […]